Team Leader - Open Spaces
Job No:
104374
Location:
Napier
- Great opportunity to contribute to the Council's main focus of a sustainable future for this beautiful region!
- Competitive remuneration package circa $84,681 - $114,569 plus KiwiSaver, relocation assistance & more!
- Exciting leadership position to showcase your planning and development skills!
About Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is the regional authority for the Hawke's Bay region in New Zealand with key roles in environmental management and education; flood control and drainage; pollution and waste; and land, water and coastal management. Supporting approximately 150,000 residents, Council's vision is to enable a connected and vibrant region with resilient communities, a prosperous economy, and a clean, healthy environment.
About the Opportunity
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is now seeking a full-time Team Leader to join their team in Napier.
This pivotal role will see you responsible for providing day to day management of the Open Space function and team and building effective working relationships.
You will be overseeing various Council portfolios, including Regional Parks, Forestry as well as over a hundred kilometres in cycle tracks and pathways.
More specifically, your key duties will include (but will not be limited to):
- Providing effective and timely input into a variety of Council processes including strategic planning and budgeting requirements;
- Planning and development of Regional Parks and ensuring they all have management plans proposed or in effect;
- Ensuring parks, walkways and river recreation are effectively managed and planning is effective and timely; and
- Providing regular reporting of performance and issues to senior management.
To view the full position description please click here.
About You
The successful candidate will have Tertiary qualifications in open space or an environmental field, which may include Bachelor of Science, Engineering or Urban Design.
You must have previous experience in managing open space and/or park assets and/or stream enhancement initiatives. Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite will be essential.
This role will be suited to a confident and enthusiastic leader who exhibits exceptional communication and interpersonal skills as you will be required to interact with a variety of stakeholders - from frontline staff to politicians, landowners and tangata whenua.
Importantly, this role requires someone who is extremely passionate about the environment and protecting the region's precious taonga of rivers, lakes, soils, air and coast. Having a good understanding of the Hawkes Bay region, in particular, the rivers around the region and how they work will be advantageous.
Please note: Although this is a predominantly office based role there will be times you will need to travel around the region, as such you must have a current drivers licence.
About the Benefits
With over 80% of employees consistently rating Hawke's Bay Regional Council as a great place to work in recent staff surveys, it's no wonder that the average employee tenure is 12 years! Council has succeeded in creating a welcoming, fun and family-friendly environment for its people.
In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary circa $84,681 - $114,569 (negotiable with experience) plus Kiwi Saver, relocation assistance and access to in-house benefits such as salary continuance insurance.
You'll also enjoy life insurance cover and a vehicle for work purposes.
You will leave work each day knowing you have made a contribution to ensuring a positive, ecologically friendly future for Council.
About Hawke's Bay
Hawke’s Bay is a region of New Zealand located in the east of the North Island on the Pacific Ocean coast. With a mild Mediterranean climate, summer is quite often sunnier and hotter than the average for the rest of New Zealand.
If there were two words that summed up Hawke's Bay it would be 'Wine Country'. Hawke’s Bay is one of New Zealand’s warmest, driest regions and this has made it one of the country’s leading producers of wine and apples. As well as being a popular stop on numerous NZ wine tours, Hawke's Bay is also known as an art deco city, having been rebuilt after the 1931 earthquake.
There is also an extensive network of high quality off-road recreational walkways and cycleways to suit all fitness levels, boutique artisan food stores, and a variety of museums and galleries.
With glorious beaches and a family-friendly community, the Hawke's Bay region is as welcoming as it is unique, with universal appeal for people from all walks and stages of life.